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" I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; — He sang to my ear, — they sang to my eye. "
The Speaking Voice: Principles of Training Simplified and Condensed - Page 143
by Katherine Jewell Everts - 1908 - 217 pages
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Our Native Songsters

Anne Pratt - 1852 - 502 pages
...this bird that the poet wrote : — " I thought the sparrow's note from heaven Singing at dawn, from the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even, — He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear — they sang to my...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent : All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good...in his nest at even ; — He sings the song, but it pleases not now ; For I did not bring home the river and sky ; He sang to my ear; they sang to my eye'....
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Art and Industry: As Represented in the Exhibition at the Crystal Palace ...

Horace Greeley - 1853 - 608 pages
...and happiness of their general condition. As Emerson has wisely sung, in that sweet poem of his — All are needed by each one ; Nothing is fair or good alone. There is also another thought suggested by our topic which contains a world of meaning. We are apt...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...mother's lessons writ. • Willis's Poems. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; He sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang to my ear, — they sang...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...mother's lessons writ. Willis's Poems. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn from the alder bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even ; Ho sings the song, but it pleases not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky ; — He sang...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volumes 5-6

1858 - 588 pages
...desire of knowing in what manner the purposes of life have been fulfilled by our neighbours ; for " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone." The perennial curiosity of man for knowing what manner of life his fellow men have lived, is thus accounted...
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Philadelphia and Its Manufactures: A Hand-book Exhibiting the Development ...

Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1858 - 538 pages
...to the aggregate product of their country's wealth, co-operate and lighten the original curse, for " All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone." 3. A third cause of eminence in Manufacturing, and essential to economical production, is an abundant...
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Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets: Topically Arranged ...

1861 - 356 pages
...a little longer. MAUKAY. Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent; All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone. There be those who sow beside The waters that in silence glide, Trusting no echo will declare Whose...
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The Continental Monthly, Volume 4

1863 - 774 pages
...variety, iro 171 without a linking principle of unity, is, necessarily, either agreeable or beautiful. ' All are needed by each one, Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the sparrow's uote from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I brought him home in his nest at even ; lie...
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Golden Leaves from the American Poets

1864 - 428 pages
...height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed h^s lent All are needed by eacli one — Nothing is fair or good alone. I thought the...sparrow's note from heaven. Singing at dawn on the alder-bough ; I brought him home, in his nest, at even. He sings the song, but it pleases not now;...
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